Keeper for latch bolts



Oct. 14, 1930. L. OTTINGER KEEPER FOR LATCH BOLTS Filed Feb. 25, 1929 INVENTOR Lea Off/r7 yer ATTORNEY ingly greater crowding action thereon.

Patented Oct. 14, 1930 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE- LEON OTTINGER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

KEEPER FOR LATCH BOLTS Application filed February 25, 1929. Serial Ila-342,540.

This invention relates to keepers for latch The advantage of having the dog bodily bolts. movable as against one stationary is that in The object of this invention is to provide the latter instance when the bolt is all the way a keeper having a dog movable bodily therein, the dogor inclined portion of the keeper 5 in by the latch bolt as enters said keeper, binds the bolt so that it is retract-ed with great whereby said dog is made to impose laterally diii'icnlty. lVith the dog movable the bolt is against said bolt an increasingly crowded readily retracted. action. I The invention is, of course, susceptible of The present embodiment is an improveother modifications and embodiments which lo ment over the one disclosed in my copending come within the principle of the invention as (5 Patent No. 1,715,671, in that the crowding expounded in the accompanying claims. action of the dog is much more positive and Having thus described my invention, what eihcient, and the dog is much less susceptible I claim is:

of being made inoperative by angular or 1. A keeper for a spring-projected latch 15 other undesirable displacement with respect bolt comprising a strike plate having a rear- 05 to the strike plate. wardly extending portion inclined toward The accompanying drawing illustrates my the line of projection of said bolt, and a dog invention as applied to an automobile door: embracing said portion movable bodily there- Fig. 1 1s a horizontal sectional view showalong by said bolt to crowd the bolt into said 29 ing the relation of latch bolt and keeper bekeeper. To tore the door is closed; 2. A keeper for a spring-projected latch Fig. 2 is a similar view when the door is bolt comprising a strike plate having rearclosed; and Wardly extending guide rails inclined toward Fig. 3. is a perspective detail of the dog the line of projection of said bolt, and a and strike plate comprising the keeper for dog embracing said rails and movable bodilv 5 the latch bolt in disassembled relation. therealong by said bolt to crowd the bolt intb Figs. 1 and 2 show the application of my said keeper. keeper to an automobile door 1 in conjunc- 3. A keeper for a spring-projected latch tion with a latch case 2 mounted on an adbolt comprising a strike plate having rearz-a jaeent part of the automobile body 3. wardly extending guide rails inclined toward The keeper comprises a strike plate -lthe line of projection of said bolt, and a dog which is secured to the door 1 by screws 5 comprising parallel arms disposed transand an integral dog 6. The strike plate is versely of and embracing said rails andjoined provided with a rearwardly extending porby a portion disposed between said rails, said tion, in this embodiment guide rails 7, 7, .indog being movable bodily along said rails by clined toward the line of projection of the said bolt to crowd the bolt into said kee er. latch bolt '8. i. A keeper for a Fairing-projected latch The dog is mounted for bodily movement bolt comprising a strike plate having extendon said rails and comprises parallel arms or ing rearwardly from its rear face mide rails v cross bars 9, 9 which are disposed transinclined toward the lineof projection of said versely across the rails, an arm on either side bolt, and a dog comprising parallel arms disso as to embrace thesanie, and a portion 10 posed transversely of and embracing said which is disposed between the rails and conrails and joined by a portion disposed benects the arms. tween said rails, said dog being movable The dog is adapted to be engaged by the bodily along said rails by said bolt to crowd entering edge of the bolt and pushed thereby the boltinto said keeper.

rearwardlyalong said rails, and as the dog In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature.

is moved on an incline toward the line of pro- LEON OTTINGER.

jection of the bolt, the dog exerts an increas- 

